scholarly journals Second law analysis for MHD permeable channel flow with variable electrical conductivity and asymmetric Navier slips

Open Physics ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adetayo S. Eegunjobi ◽  
Oluwole D. Makinde

AbstractThe inherent irreversibility in a steady hydromagnetic permeable channel flow of a conducting fluid with variable electrical conductivity and asymmetric Navier slip at the channel walls in the presence of induced electric field is theoretically investigated. The model nonlinear governing equations are obtained and numerically solved using shooting quadrature. Numerical results for velocity and temperature profiles are utilised to compute the entropy generation number and the Bejan number. Pertinent results are displayed graphically and discussed quantitatively.

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Chinyoka ◽  
O. D. Makinde

The thermodynamic second law analysis is utilized to investigate the inherent irreversibility in an unsteady hydromagnetic generalized Couette flow with variable electrical conductivity in the presence of induced electric field. Based on some simplified assumption, the model nonlinear governing equations are obtained and solved numerically using semidiscretization finite difference techniques. Effects of various thermophysical parameters on the fluid velocity, temperature, current density, skin friction, the Nusselt number, entropy generation number, and the Bejan number are presented graphically and discussed quantitatively.


Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 498
Author(s):  
Wasim Ullah Khan ◽  
Muhammad Awais ◽  
Nabeela Parveen ◽  
Aamir Ali ◽  
Saeed Ehsan Awan ◽  
...  

The current study is an attempt to analytically characterize the second law analysis and mixed convective rheology of the (Al2O3–Ag/H2O) hybrid nanofluid flow influenced by magnetic induction effects towards a stretching sheet. Viscous dissipation and internal heat generation effects are encountered in the analysis as well. The mathematical model of partial differential equations is fabricated by employing boundary-layer approximation. The transformed system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations is solved using the homotopy analysis method. The entropy generation number is formulated in terms of fluid friction, heat transfer and Joule heating. The effects of dimensionless parameters on flow variables and entropy generation number are examined using graphs and tables. Further, the convergence of HAM solutions is examined in terms of defined physical quantities up to 20th iterations, and confirmed. It is observed that large λ1 upgrades velocity, entropy generation and heat transfer rate, and drops the temperature. High values of δ enlarge velocity and temperature while reducing heat transport and entropy generation number. Viscous dissipation strongly influences an increase in flow and heat transfer rate caused by a no-slip condition on the sheet.


2007 ◽  
Vol 129 (8) ◽  
pp. 1048-1057 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarisse Fournier ◽  
Marc Michard ◽  
Françoise Bataille

Steady state similarity solutions are computed to determine the temperature profiles in a laminar channel flow driven by uniform fluid injection at one or two porous walls. The temperature boundary conditions are non-symmetric. The numerical solution of the governing equations permit to analyze the influence of the governing parameters, the Reynolds and Péclet numbers. For both geometries, we deduce a scaling law for the boundary layer thickness as a function of the Péclet number. We also compare the numerical solutions with asymptotic expansions in the limit of large Péclet numbers. Finally, for non-symmetric injection, we derive from the computed temperature profile a relationship between the Nusselt and Péclet numbers.


2017 ◽  
Vol 377 ◽  
pp. 42-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanatan Das ◽  
Rabindra Nath Jana ◽  
Oluwole Daniel Makinde

In this investigation, a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of AlO /water nanofluid and Cu-AlO /water hybrid nanofluid through a porous channel is analyzed in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. An exact solution of the governing equations has been obtained in closed form. The entropy generation number and the Bejan number are also obtained. The influences of each of the governing parameters on velocity, temperature, entropy generation and Bejan number are displayed graphically and the physical aspects are discussed. In addition, a comparison of the heat transfer enhancement level due to the suspension of AlO and Cu nanoparticles in water as regular nanofluids and as hybrid Cu-AlO /water nanofluid is reported.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rama Subba Reddy Gorla

The fully developed mixed convection of non-Newtonian laminar flow through a vertical channel is investigated. The boundary conditions of uniform and unequal temperature prescribed at the channel walls are considered. The velocity and temperature fields are obtained by analytically solving the momentum and energy balance equations. The velocity and temperature distributions are used to calculate the entropy generation number (), the irreversibility ratio (Φ), and the Bejan number (Be) for several values of the viscous dissipation parameter (), the viscosity index (), and the appropriate dimensionless coordinates. The results show us the regions of high entropy generation.


2015 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amel Tayari ◽  
Nejib Hidouri ◽  
Mourad Magherbi ◽  
Ammar Ben Brahim

This paper proposes a numerical analysis of entropy generation during mixed convection inside a porous Poiseuille–Benard channel flow, where the Darcy–Brinkman model is used. Irreversibilities due to heat transfer and viscous dissipation have been derived, and then calculated by numerically solving mass, momentum, and energy conservation equations, by using a control volume finite element method (CVFEM). For a fixed value of the thermal Rayleigh (Ra = 104) and the modified Brinkman (Br* = 10−3) numbers, transient entropy generation exhibits a periodic behavior for the medium porosity ε ≥ 0.2, which is described by the onset of thermoconvective cells inside the porous channel. Highest irreversibility is obtained at ε = 0.5. More details about the effects of the Darcy, the Rayleigh, and the modified Brinkman numbers on entropy generation and heat transfer are discussed and graphically presented.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Soudeh Iranmanesh ◽  
Mahyar Silakhori ◽  
Mohammad S. Naghavi ◽  
Bee C. Ang ◽  
Hwai C. Ong ◽  
...  

Recently, nanofluid application as a heat transfer fluid for a closed-loop solar heat collector is receiving great attention among the scientific community due to better performance. The performance of solar systems can be assessed effectively with the exergy method. The present study deals with the thermodynamic performance of the second law analysis using graphene nanoplatelets nanofluids. Second law analysis is the main tool for explaining the exergy output of thermodynamic and energy systems. The performance of the closed-loop system in terms of energy and exergy was determined by analyzing the outcome of field tests in tropical weather conditions. Moreover, three parameters of entropy generation, pumping power and Bejan number were also determined. The flowrates of 0.5, 1 and 1.5 L/min and GNP mass percentage of 0.025, 0.5, 0.075 and 0.1 wt% were used for these tests. The results showed that in a flow rate of 1.5 L/min and a concentration of 0.1 wt%, exergy and thermal efficiencies were increased to about 85.5 and 90.7%, respectively. It also found that entropy generation reduced when increasing the nanofluid concentration. The Bejan number surges up when increasing the concentration, while this number decreases with the enhancement of the volumetric flow rate. The pumping power of the nanofluid-operated system for a 0.1 wt% particle concentration at 0.5 L/min indicated 5.8% more than when pure water was used as the heat transfer fluid. Finally, this investigation reveals the perfect conditions that operate closest to the reversible limit and helps the system make the best improvement.


2016 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nemat Dalir

Abstract Second law analysis (entropy generation) for the steady two-dimensional laminar forced convection flow, heat and mass transfer of an incompressible viscous fluid past a nonlinearly stretching porous (permeable) wedge is numerically studied. The effects of viscous dissipation, temperature jump, and first-order chemical reaction on the flow over the wedge are also considered. The governing boundary layer equations for mass, momentum, energy and concentration are transformed using suitable similarity transformations to three nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Then, the ODEs are solved by using a Keller’s box algorithm. The effects of various controlling parameters such as wedge angle parameter, velocity ratio parameter, suction/injection parameter, Prandtl number, Eckert number, temperature jump parameter, Schmidt number, and reaction rate parameter on dimensionless velocity, temperature, concentration, entropy generation number, and Bejan number are shown in graphs and analyzed. The results reveal that the entropy generation number increases with the increase of wedge angle parameter, while it decreases with the increase of velocity ratio parameter. Also, in order to validate the obtained numerical results of the present work, comparisons are made with the available results in the literature as special cases, and the results are found to be in a very good agreement.


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